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Wednesday, May 15, 2013  Law enforcement from throughout the area gathered together today to remember and honor fellow officers lost in the line of duty. The service is rich with tradition and although annual the service takes on a reinforced meaning after the loss of what they call a brother in 2012.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013  Flint police are investigating a homicide on the city's northside.

Friday, March 29, 2013  Dozens of people gathered outside Tanisha Colton's home on Gillespie Street, lifting up prayers and song.

Tuesday, March 26, 2013  Tanisha Colton’s family is calling off their search efforts after her body is recovered from a ditch in rural Monroe County. After a week of searching around Tanisha Colton’s neighborhood, the mother of three's body is found by passerby in Monroe Counties Ash Township, putting an end to what her family call's a nightmare.

Wednesday, March 20, 2013  Friends and family are searching for twenty seven year old Tanisha Colton, a Flint mother of three who last seen March 13th.

Monday, March 11, 2013  Seven new police officers are joining the Flint Police Department. They are the first of 10 new hires being paid for by the public safety millage voters passed in November.

Sunday, March 03, 2013  The Flint Police Department is investigating a Saturday shooting on Martin Luther King Avenue that happened around 2P.M.

Tuesday, February 19, 2013  Flint Police release the name of a 24-year-old man whose body was found outside the River Village Apartment complex Monday just before 11a.m.

Tuesday, February 05, 2013  The fourth Battle of the Badges will take place Saturday, February 9 at 4:30p.m. at Perani Arena in Flint.

Tuesday, January 15, 2013  Public safety leaders and members of the church community hosted a public forum Tuesday night, following Saturday’s deadly shooting at the funeral of Gerrell Tyler.

Tuesday, January 08, 2013  The Genesee County Prosecutor will charge 16-year-old Shukur Terome Brown as an adult in the shooting death of 15-year-old Gianni Herron on New Years Day.

Wednesday, November 07, 2012  Voters in the city of flint said "yes" to a public safety millage yesterday. The approval means residents will pay about seventy dollars more a year for increased police and fire services.

Wednesday, October 31, 2012  In a span of three hours, firefighters battled six fires on the city's north side, each blaze just blocks from each other.  The city had eight fires in 2010 and six in 2011.

Wednesday, October 17, 2012  Two shootings within hours kills one and injures another.

Tuesday, October 02, 2012  About 50 Flint residents got a lesson in crime prevention Tuesday night in a workshop designed to encourage civilians to help make their neighborhoods safer.